the fun to make sure will. be the hero in the world. washing. safe and highly effective u.s. regulators are set to approve johnson and johnson single shot corona virus vaccine paving the way for a global rollout. hello i'm daryn jordan this is our 0 live from doha also coming up garner becomes the 1st country to receive doses under a un back scheme aimed at making vaccines available to less wealthy countries.

protesters march in myanmar as the military appointed foreign minister flies to thailand for crisis talks. plus unpaid and undervalued a chinese court grants compensation for household labor which will use the debate over the value of domestic work done by women. the drive to end the coronavirus pandemic is picking up speed new research shows the johnson and johnson vaccine is highly effective in preventing severe cases of covert 19 it could get emergency approval for use in the u.s. by the end of the week the single shot vaccine has been tested in the u.s. brazil and south africa studies show it's highly effective in combating the more aggressive variants of the virus europe's inoculation program is also gathering pace e.u. countries are set to discuss vaccination such if it's for their citizens as part of . to stimulate travelled through the summer and dharma has become the 1st country

to receive free vaccines through the international kovacs scheme astra zeneca jobs arrived in the capital accra on wednesday having been flown in from india so a current report on the kovacs scheme. even back seems to ensure that people from less wealthy countries are protected against covert 19 is being hailed as a historic moment. the rival of 600000 votes from india marks the beginning of a massive campaign that will see more than 2000000000 doses delivered to several developing countries across different continents this conflict programmes about equity and sooty darity if you follow the vaccination going on around the planet so far it's only citizens from the let the say the better off countries that have benefited from this and from today we are bringing equity gone the plants inoculated around 20 percent of its population in the 1st phase of its campaign but

is still not enough and the government says it's working on securing more doses. almost $2500000.00 people worldwide have died from corona virus so far rich countries have been able to buy far more vaccines in poorer ones and while kovacs has managed to raise $6000000000.00 in needs at least another 2000000000 to meet its target for 2021 this school that is only financed now so we can reach in 1002 countries the most vulnerable population the older citizens the health workers people with school mobility you know but we need much more taxes and financing so we can vaccinate everybody just like if you walk in the rich world countries to receive the lifesaving vaccines next will include some of the poorest countries in the world including haiti democratic republic of congo and afghanistan where the kovacs program will cover 20 percent of its 38000000 population the global race for doses has met the high income countries. more easily do deals with vaccine

manufacturers than low income ones so the world health organization and. those companies to prioritise contracts with kovacs and ensure fair distribution worldwide so far 210000000 doses of vaccine have been globally but. just to climb trees and 80 per person in just 10 countries more than $200.00 countries are you single goes after a year of disruptions due to the pandemic there is hope this is the beginning of the path to recovery for those most affected and those that some most vulnerable. but as we mentioned trials of the johnson and johnson vaccine have shown it's highly effective so let's take a look at why the vaccines being watched so closely unlike most covert $900.00 vaccines this one only needs one dose which could help speed up in occupation

campaigns it can also be stored in the fridge unlike the vaccines and fines and the dinner which need to be kept at ultra cold temperatures that makes it much easier to transport in rural areas and under developed countries. backs not just vice president of vaccine research and development blue biologics he says the johnson and johnson vaccine could be a game changer. going for one immunization is a great thing that happening because for a mass vaccination you don't want to have the trouble of bringing people back to get the 2nd vaccination so they are the only company that went for one back to the nation and look for the sickest and they sure that they will have a decent if because surely they cross the line of the expectation of the end of their order for licensure so on friday we will see how the exact data looks like and probably with the advisory committee at the the it will be

looking forward to see more details about that in addition are all other vaccine in sac sean if it gets here start one vaccination but for short period of time because we did not we have to administer the 2nd vaccination so they only got the need that a priori what order one vaccination was injected i'm sure that if you look at the data there is a good data to support at some point of time some other vaccine that can go for one vaccination retrieval and then you bring people back for a 2nd immunization after you have done more work and they expanded the vaccination today has now vaccinated more people than all the countries in africa combined it was the 1st country in south america to start its campaign and now has the 5th highest vaccination rate in the world more than 3000000 people who are not

connected in chile this month are latin america tennessee a new man is in santiago and she explained how she has been able to round out its campaign so quickly. the combination actually of 3 factors one very very strong political will a very aggressive energy put into acquiring these vaccines on the part of the president who was a billionaire businessman before he was a politician so he knows how to negotiate especially in the international market also economic solvency chile has been able to pay for these facts up front and 3rd the use of some very very savvy lawyers because as we have discovered it's not so easy to purchase millions of vaccines in this quantity the legal framework is complicated and especially when there's competition worldwide to acquire them so dearly apparently was able to come up with these very almost airtight contracts with pharmaceutical companies 3 or 4 of them at least even before the vaccines were

approved and they have been arriving by the millions and so so far i've had my job most of the people i know have and by the middle of the end of june if things keep going as they are now the whole country should have been inoculated one of the things that changed was the health minister he wasn't all that popular although he was recognized for having done a very good job in bringing ventilators to chile but there was a daze a new health minister but probably the biggest criticism was more along the lines of what the government did not do as efficiently in terms of economic aid to the people who needed it most. trip pointed foreign minister is in thailand for talks after this month it's all part of regional efforts to resolve the crisis which began when the army seized power on the 1st of february protesters continue to demand the release of elected leader. in rallies across the country scott hartley reports. protesters gathered in front of the indonesian embassy and calling for

regional involvement as tensions grow across myanmar. this is the military appointed foreign minister visited bangkok for crisis talks meeting his thai and indonesian counterparts as well as thailand's prime minister pray. that's all part of stepped up efforts by the regional group of nations called aussie on to find a way out of the crisis following the february 1st coup and i'm not going to be as a man must a student like to see on countries not to recognise the queue government if they do recognise that the will be eroded aussie on is reported to be planning to send officials to monitor a new b.n. more election promised by the general but the protesters are urging asio to recognise the november polling the put their deposed leaders including on santucci in office. one group earlier organized a protest at the bangkok indonesian embassy calling an aussie on to get more involved we asked. to decide between

the military 100 wish oppressed people right now is the side of people which is trying to protest as they can to. lead to that we will be. again this is not the 1st time that has reached out to thailand since the coup about a week after the takeover myanmar's military leader min on length sent a letter to the thai prime minister asking for help on the democratic process and. a former military chief also rose to power by overthrowing a democratically elected government in 2014 he stayed in office after a 2001000 a lecture in political rivals called it badly flawed. so while the protesters are maintaining their pace of protests and strikes they are also stepping up pressure on regional players to engage with the crisis scotland al-jazeera bangkok the un's human rights council says sri lanka is unwilling to be held to account of its

international crimes and rights violations honey could. the report says tamil and muslim minorities a being increasingly marginalized sri lanka's government accuses the council of meddling in its domestic affairs when a smith reports. only 12 years after the end of sri lanka's civil war the pain is still warm but those who sons daughters and husbands disappear. this was a protest earlier this month they want answers accountability and justice. but not getting any because the united nations human rights council says the highest levels of sri lanka's government is in denial about past crimes the spaces were seen as and that and the media which have grown significantly is now rapidly shrinking the independence already the story the human rights commission of. the national police commission another key warning has been the plea eroded by the recently adopted

prentiss constitutional amend the. president got a bye rajapaksa was defense secretary at the end of the civil war is brother mahinda was president 100000 people were killed in the 26 year long war between tamil separatists and the government both sides are accused of crimes including murder and torture. and now the u.n. says minority groups are facing more discrimination this protest in february was a rare combined march of muslims and tumbles with a long list of complaints including trying to get education in the tunnel language and oppressive police surveillance of muslim lanka's government rejects all the allegations made in the report including claims he uses divisive rhetoric. constitutional guarantees as i mentioned before fundamental rights of all the citizens and anyone can can must under the fundamental right and our full 3 lanka in the last few years as well as today we have

all our programs economic social law and the men official programs all are equally. enjoyed and implemented from the not to the scout. leader not the raja's son was taken away by the military at the end of the war she's no idea what happened to him but he's convinced he's still alive and the story is the same for thousands of other families and the boulevard that the. what we see now is that they're trying to make is fed up and stop the protest so we can trust them we will have to go to the international community to get our children back as we have realized that there is no point going to the government here the un's high commissioner for human rights has urged member states to consider prosecuting alleged crimes in sri lanka to try and get answers for the thousands of people like lisa bernard smith al-jazeera. time for

a short break here and i was here i when we come back anti-government activists go on trial in lebanon accused of terrorism during last month's protests under the landmark ruling a german court sentences a former syrian intelligence officer to prison for aiding crimes against humanity more nuts over this. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored plan qatar airways however we have got some rain in the forecast for central parts of china over the next couple of days and it will be heavy and it's already to cause some localized flooding there we go with that thickening cloud spilling over towards the east coast some very heavy downpours quite a strong wind blowing in from the east china sea there that rain makes its way

across south korea into the far south of cuba i will see that rain just peppering up the key issues we go on through friday that could cause some localized flooding showers to into the far south of honshu but it should stay largely dry central parts tokyo around 10 degrees. yes we have got some dry weather in place to say coming in across the philippines over the next couple of days following on from our recent spell of flooding we have got some showers from time to time but more the way of sunshine and shallows scattering the showers into malaysia but more big down polls coming in across indonesia adding to the flooding concerns that we have for java in particular the heavy showers continue here as you go on through friday just picked up by the storm just out towards the timor sea want to show is into southern parts of india and also into flank raver the next few days much of india is fine and try but she was up to was northern parts of pakistan.

at ways what should americans be thinking and doing right now it should be a bad idea they don't care about their work is all they care about is making money china is not going to be left out of the calling for them to go to defense budget to be high the bottom line on u.s. politics and policies and their effect on the world on al-jazeera a lot of the fans of my colleagues on the world love that we are the ones grappling the extra mile where all the media don't go we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories this hour a new research shows the johnson and johnson vaccine is highly effective in

preventing severe cases of cope with 19 the single shot job could get emergency approval for use in the u.s. by the end of the week. ghana has become the 1st country to receive vaccines through the international kovacs 600000 astra zeneca jobs arrived on a wednesday the u.s. vaccine will see more than 2000000 cope with 19 doses delivered to developing countries a mere mouse military appointed foreign minister is in thailand for talks following this month's prove it's part of regional efforts to resolve the crisis protesters in me and not continue to demand the release of elected leader aung san suu kyi. now the white house says president joe biden will speak with saudi arabia's king solomon soon before a u.s. government report into the murder of the journalist shall have published it's widely expected to implicate the king's son crown prince mohammed bin solomon international g.'s killing former president donald trump and is the ministration refuse to release their. president is taking

a fresh approach to how he engages with foreign leaders around the world and different from the prior administration and that means he will not hold back and he will speak out when there are concerns he has about human rights abuses about. the lack of freedom of speech or the lack of freedom of media and expression or any concerns he has at the same time we have a long relationship with saudi arabia they are being attacked in the region and that is certainly an area where we continue to work with them on but i expect we'll have more to say when we get post the release of that report and mike hanna joins us live now from washington d.c. mike so president biden had said he would speak to the saudi king rather than the crown prince how much was this a clear indication that things are going to be very different when it comes to u.s. saudi relations. well daryn the biden administration has made very clear that it is going to what it calls recalibrate the u.s. saudi relationship basically returning it to what it was like before the 4 years of

the trump administration under president trumped u.s. relations with saudi arabia were based very much on a transsexual nature to based on arms sales among other things president trying to dealing with the crown prince at will along with his son in law and close adviser jared krishna all of that is changing now that by the end of ministration for example insisting that the phone call to saudi arabia will be on a counterpart to counterpart basis that is a phone call between a president and a king the crown prince will not be involved in that particular call we do understand that the secretary of defense has spoken to the crown prince in recent days and that would be the protocol for that particular kind of communication but this is just a signal that the biden administration is indeed recalibrating its relationship another example very quickly is of course the fact that it's reviewing all those arms sales would conclude in the last 4 years and mike what more do we know about

this classified report in the killing of jamal clearly this is a very sensitive issue between both sides. very much so well the report was given to members of congress in a redacted form a couple of years ago there was great shock among those members of congress and it is widely believed that the report did hold the crown prince directly involved in the murder of the washington based journalists now that's similar to the conclusions crowded out by a u.n. report that was concluded as well that the crown prince was involved in the murdoch jamal khashoggi so this is certainly a very sensitive issue when it comes to the relationship between saudi arabia and the united states and certainly this report being made public will have a major impact on those relations are to mike hanna live for us there in washington d.c. michael thank you a former syrian intelligence officer has been handed

a 4 and a half year jail term by a german court for being an accomplice to crimes against humanity is the world's 1st prosecution of state sponsored torture by president bashar al assad's government the money came reports from berlin. 10 years ago a yard guard was working for the syrian intelligence services now he's starting a lengthy prison sentence in germany the prosecution saying that in 2011 he knowingly brought dozens of protesters to a notorious jail outside damascus to be tortured his defense lawyer said he feared being punished himself if he refused to carry out his orders the court in cool balance rejected that convicting him and jailing him for 4 and a half years. that's is this s. to show that this is the 1st step the road to justice is long and one of the goals is to break bashar al assad and his inner circle before court this is a relief but it's also not the end it's only the beginning. this is the 1st trial

of alleged atrocities carried out by the forces of president bashar assad as such lawyers for the victims in this case hope it will set a precedent. this is what's important is we have a verdict the crimes by the assad government in the secret prisons crimes against humanity this is the 1st verdict worldwide by a view that seems to be shared by many in government in berlin another element that distinguishes this case is that the german justice system has prosecuted convicted and punished a known german who's the victims were not german for crimes that were committed outside germany in doing so prosecutors have invoked the principle of universal jurisdiction for such serious crimes the fine. trials outside syria are a glimmer of hope but also a clear signal to victims that we and the international community recognize it's an

issue which not only concerns germany but many of our partners to signal to victims is that justice will be done a yad algarve stood trial alongside another former member of the acid forces both men and left syria and come to germany as refugees the 2nd man unwashed ruslan was a senior intelligence officer in 2011 he's accused of multiple murder rape torture and other serious offenses he denies the charges and his case continues dominic kane al-jazeera berlin. at least 41 refugees drowned when their boat capsized in the central mediterranean at the weekend the united nations says they were among at least 120 people who left war ravaged libya on the 18th of february to try to reach europe their dinky capsized 2 days later and rescuers took the survivors to an italian town 3 children are among the missing this is the 2nd deadliest shipwreck in the center and maybe could randian in 2021 bringing the number of that missing

to some 860 people that's why you are in a c.r. and i you i am jointly are calling european states to raise you when strengths in europe search and rescue them. security has been stepped up outside a military court in beirut where $32.00 anti-government activists are standing trial accused of terrorism it's the 1st time the charges been leveled against protesters and it's an offense that can carry the death sentence so now to reports from beirut. it's been nearly a month since an alley saw her son she waits for news outside the military tribunals where allie is among dozens of men facing trial on terrorism charges. those charges can carry the death penalty and are seen as an escalation in the ongoing conflict between the state and the people. in need i mean shadid and had

been there accusing our sons of being terrorists they are the terrorists they stole the people's money they are responsible for the explosion of that they report our children are nationalists not them the defendants are alleged to have thrown molotov cocktails at security forces and burned down a melissa polity building during protests in the northern city of tripoli last month the demonstrations were held to demand the government compensation during a strict coronavirus lockdown that worse than living conditions for the poor. one protester was shot in the back during the unrest his family and activists want to know why no charges have been brought against those responsible for killing him with the least amount they really special going to taber who was monitored was killed by these men they know who fired the shot and they're not telling us lawyers have criticized the use of a military court to try the defendants and say they have been obstructed from seeing them they also say the young men were interrogated without lawyers being present and described the charges as unlawful arbitrary and

a form of oppression this escalation that has 3 reasons for us 1st is to put the stigma on the protestors mainly in 3 put it that they are terrorists 2nd is to put the fear factor of this protest is not to have the street. second and 3rd is like to put the pressure on the investigation judge now 3 of the detainees human rights groups say terrorism charges should be used for serious political crimes and not acts of public disorder. or personally i think respect in lebanon since a nationwide protest movement began more than a year ago security forces have been accused of using excessive and unlawful force against the demonstrators. lengthy pretrial the tensions prosecutions with limited rights to appeal interrogations without the presence of a lawyer and beatings have all been documented warnings that free speech and assembly are at risk are not new for many the dwindling numbers of those who

continue to speak out is a testament of that reality set of. beirut one senator who filed that report led our coverage of last year's devastating explosion in beirut which killed more than 200 people al-jazeera is reporting of the explosion has won an award from the royal television society in the u.k. the best breaking news coverage in award ceremony was held virtually but the r.t.s. has tweeted the result calling it a journalistic toward a force. a chinese divorce court has ordered a man to compensate his ex-wife for the housework she did during their 5 year marriage the landmark ruling came out the china introduced a new civil code as it was katrina you is in beijing she says the case has triggered widespread debate over the value of domestic work. this ruling has sparked a flurry of debate online here in china over the role of housewives' in chinese society according to this case a beijing court has ruled that

a woman named wank would receive 7700 dollars in compensation following her divorce from her husband in addition to half the couple's assets and custody of their only child now this is the 1st case of its kind since china's marriage law was amended earlier this year to say that any carers of parents or children should be entitled to compensation now this story has been viewed hundreds of millions of times on chinese social media there are some comments with some people saying that the man has been dealt an unfair deal that he has already been quite introducing to the family but the vast majority of comments we've read have been in support of the woman one and in fact many believe that 7000 $700.00 is simply not enough compensation for 5 years of being a housewife and there are other more humorous problems with some people saying that this is going to discourage divorces which have been on the uptick you know in china but also that this is a cautionary tale to women against to being housewives because they will not be

legally compensated enough to justify sacrificing their career or being dependent on a husband and others are saying that husbands should simply contribute more to the housework and that they should maybe document their efforts in case there should be a future divorce the international olympic committee has named bruce been as the preferred candidate to host the 2032 olympic games the australian city will now enter talks with bid organize as well the i.o.c. president thomas bach clarified that no final decision of yet been made as for this year's olympics organizers remain optimistic they'll go ahead as planned despite continued worries about code 19 public support in japan limping torches due to begin its relay around the country next month. if you will not go hold lights our way that's the concept of the relay we would like to embody that slogan we would like to have an immaculately prepared start the situation is tough but so many people have high hopes and expectations for the tokyo 2020 games i'm heartened by

that. now europe's most active volcano has been putting on one of its most spectacular displays in recent memory mount etna on the italian island of sicily has been spewing lava and ash into the air for more than a week now vulcanologists say this level of activity is red but poses no serious threat to nearby populations. have a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera a new research shows the johnson and johnson vaccine is highly effective in preventing severe cases of cope with 19 the single shot job could get emergency approval for use in the u.s. by the end of the week and ghana has become the 1st country to receive vaccines through the international kovacs scheme 600000 astra zeneca jobs arrived on wednesday the un that scheme will see more than 2000000000.